Harold Fannin or Rashod Bateman: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Harold Fannin at 10.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 88th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Rashod Bateman at 4.6 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 147th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Harold Fannin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 80th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rashod Bateman: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 146th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Harold Fannin has been on the field for 86 percent of CLE snaps, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 2 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 17 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have averaged 6.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against TB he caught 5 of 6 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CAR he caught 7 of 9 targets for 51 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against PIT he caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Rashod Bateman has been on the field for 76 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 25 third down targets, had 1 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 13.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against NO he caught 7 of 9 targets for 88 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against DAL he caught 2 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TEN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Harold Fannin played 16 games and scored 186.4 PPR points, 11.7 a game, finishing TE6.

He caught 72 of 107 targets for 731 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 6.7 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 10.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Rashod Bateman played 13 games and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing WR102.

He caught 19 of 38 targets for 224 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.9 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 11.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 69 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Harold Fannin was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Harold Fannin scored 11.7 PPR points a game and Rashod Bateman 4.3, 7.4 a game between them.

Harold Fannin finished TE6 and Rashod Bateman WR102, which are two different ladders.

Harold Fannin is a tight end and Rashod Bateman a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Rashod Bateman is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Harold Fannin.

Rashod Bateman is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

5.4 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.